The Interior Landscape.

For a while I've been working on finding the best way to draw landscapes... Then I wrote some jokes that took place inside. Boy was my face red. I had no idea how to draw furniture. I mean, obviously I know what couches and tables look like... But I couldn't render them with any character. (I'm still working on it.) Drawing backgrounds is at least as important as drawing the people who interact with them. I know that since comics began, plenty of artists kept the 'camera' in a fixed location, and only draw their characters from the front, and then they'd draw back drops from head on. This is the easiest way to do it, (and faster) but I think it can be a good way to stifle the life of a comic... it's not a world then, it's just a shallow stage. Not to say that it should be avoided at all cost, but it's got to be an intentional decision, not a decision based on the fact that I just can't properly cartoon a television set.